Sites allowing a user to search through a vast amount of topics for a specific site or menu, which will link to a specific site. An appearance on this list does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the search tool described.
GOOGLE – A comprehensive search engine that seems to have the edge over its competition.
ALTA VISTA – Web and Usenet News searcher has indexed millions of sites. Alta Vista users can perform complex searches or get personalized news and stocks.
BIGFOOT – Links to international Bigfoot sites for services to non-English speakers.
DEBREIFING META SEARCH ENGINE – "Java-based search crawls AltaVista, Yahoo!, Infoseek, Excite, Webcrawler, Lycos, and Hotbot to return collated results."
DOGPILE – "Meta-search engine returns query results from other Web search engines, Usenet, FTP sites, stock quotes and news from wire services."
EXCITE – "Use this well-known service to search by keyword or text strings, or browse the categories of reviewed sites."
GO.COM
– "Search engine offers keyword and category searches, and news..."
VIVISIMO
– "Enter a search term, and Vivismo will not only pull back matching responses
from major search engines but also automatically organize the pages into categories.
Slick and easy to use."
METACRAWLER
- "Metasearch returns answers to queries from 9 popular search engines. Ten
search engines channels, forums, and links to major
e-commerce sites."
YAHOO.COM
– A fast, user-friendly search engine, which will assist one in accessing information
on numerous topics.